Don't multiclass if...

[JoeGKushner]

There are some classes that continue to gain good abilities that stack on their existing abilities. I'm not talking about another use of a smite but rather an increase of a base ability like say a monk's damage dice.

Which classes do you think the player's shouldn't multi-class out of.

Monk
Soul Knife

Kensai (Complete Warrior)

I'm sure there are others I'm missing, but those with the big ones off the top of my head.

 

[Crothian]

None, players should multiclass if it is something they feel the character would do.

 

[Voadam]

Mechanically the paladin's lay on hands is paladin level dependent.

Spell casting classes are another big stacking class power category that gets hurt by multiclassing.

Rogue sneak attack loses a lot from not continuing.

Bard lore and mystic music go by stacking level.

So everybody but fighters, rangers, and barbarians really.

 

[Michael Tree]

You put in Soul Knife but missed the Druid?

Druid, Artificer, and usually Monk are the only three that come to mind.

 

[Shade]

Paladin for me. They simply lose too much...lay on hands, smite, special mount...all are class level dependent and worthwhile, IMHO.

 

[Bagpuss]

Yeah, never minding multiclassing, the spellcasting classes even lack decent range of prestige classes to enter since they tend to have so little to give up other than the spell progression.

 

[hagor]

None, players should multiclass if it is something they feel the character would do.

I agree completely. Multiclassing is for me a way to better match the character abilities with the character concept (for instance, Fi6/Ba2 for an educated, art-loving knight. Usually, I keep the ratio of the different class levels approximately constant, too.

Hagor

 

[smilinggm]

Psychic Warrior

Unless there is a verry compelling story reason to leave this class I have seen no reason to leave this class. The Psychic Warrior is basically a PrC unto itself. At just about every level there is something new and kool to do with it.

 

[maggot]

Paladin - you get more smites and those smites do more damage.

 

[Merlion]

None, players should multiclass if it is something they feel the character would do.

This is a little pointless since the original poster is obviously speaking in terms of mechanics.


Spellcasters are pretty much screwed by multiclassing unless its into a caster prestige class.

In terms of multiclassing between the base classes, multiclassing is mechanically usualy a bad idea except for maybe some mixing amidst the melee oriented classes.

Most other combinations either are going to be prestige classes, or require what I call the "zipper" prestige classes (Eldritch Knight or better Spellsword, Arcane Trickster etc) to be effective mechanically.